02-23-2014, 11:15 AM
(02-23-2014, 09:33 AM)Sunset Machine Wrote: I see a milling attachment and follower rest in that box.. The whole shebang!
Leveling a lathe - it means setting it up so it cuts straight, without any taper. Lots of info around. I like to use Google in this manner: site:metalworkingfun.com leveling
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Well I read what everyone suggested for Wong and as far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be in twist in the bed. I set my level in four different spots along the bed and they're all the same.
How I did it was that I put all thread through the mounting holes that I drilled in the table to lift the lathe off the actual bench because it isn't flat. I adjusted the level of the lathe by moving the nuts up or down accordingly. I had a piece of board underneath the lathe so that I had a flat surface and then I packed the space with dry-pack (2.5 parts sand, 1 part concrete and just enough water so that you can make balls out of it). I wrapped saran wrap around the board so that it wouldn't soak up the water from the concrete and then waited about 5 days for it to dry. Once dry I pulled the lathe off, pulled the board out, put the lathe back in and then checked the level again and shimmed accordingly.
I need to get some metal stock to actually work with to make sure that I don't have taper. I believe that it is good though.
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